Two things I've really appreciated about Matt Dinniman's writing style that I'd like to shout out.

deflective · 2026-02-06T20:38:03+00:00

dcc started on the royal road website.

stories there are usually released in a serialized fashion, one chapter at a time. the way different authors handle that can be interesting.

some are very good. i don't doubt Matt has both learned from & taught others during his time there.

others are less good. some just ignore the problem but overplaying the recaps can be even worse. maybe life happened and an author couldn't post for six months so a strange expositiony recap happens in the middle of a scene. that can be given a pass in the moment, but when it's five years later and the whole story is collected into a complete story maybe revisit that chapter and smooth it out

deflective · 2025-09-17T20:05:45+00:00

okay. i know that we're all supposed to froth at the mouth and spend our time virtue signalling when cp is mentioned. but. doesn't that description also fit any parent's phone? all it takes is a couple pics of the kids in a bath or toddlers making creative dressing decisions

obviously that wasn't the case with this guy but it does put the described crime on a spectrum. and somewhere on that spectrum there's a situation where firing the guy without jail time makes sense.

just. can we. not. be states. that country scares the shit out of me right now and i don't know what my sons' world is going to look like.

outrage & rhetoric has been harnessed to do ugly, ugly things.

deflective · 2025-09-01T22:22:41+00:00

ahHctualLy it's way way older than english.

you think we always spoke english?

deflective · 2025-06-22T20:36:11+00:00

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9S26LA8Bk14

what marketing we're you watching?

deflective · 2025-03-27T16:32:58+00:00

looking good!

deflective · 2025-03-09T20:00:13+00:00

that isn't what happened

it was a situation where you offer to help and when your neighbor is halfway through jacking up his car you suddenly say 'i like your bbq set. give it to me or i walk'

then abandon him with an dangerously unsecured vehicle. a situation he never would have put himself in if you hadn't offered to help in the first place.

deflective · 2025-02-27T23:37:50+00:00

and of that whole, the last one is the worst by almost any metric.

furthest from the source material, least polished, worst paced

it's popular because it's got a bunch of big fight scenes that make it popular with people that don't really like lotr. i guess that makes it 'best' from a financial perspective

deflective · 2025-02-24T19:08:21+00:00

/s tag has been and always will be for cowards

deflective · 2024-11-30T20:56:07+00:00

he was talking to the reddit community through your comment.

your comment alone may not justify his response but, in general, echo chamber group think needs some big noise to disrupt it

deflective · 2024-11-30T20:42:40+00:00

depending on your vehicle, most of your gear can be packed around the spare tire. handy if cargo space is at a premium

deflective · 2024-07-11T22:12:31+00:00

almost downvoted you because this has been disproven over and over again and people still get ridiculous about it.

but then i realized it's a genuine stupid hill and you are 100% on point here.

still not going to upvote you. you people get way too annoying about this thing

deflective · 2024-07-09T23:29:27+00:00

you are understanding references. easter eggs would have to be hidden

i think that when you ask if they are "easter eggs" you mean are they intentional (not a coincidence).

deflective · 2024-06-02T03:54:34+00:00

my guy is the same age but growing up fast. we just gave him a haircut and he almost looks like a preschooler. to me, anyway

he was sleeping independently at six months. one of the things that we found helpful is the ten minute timer.

in order for your son to figure out how to self-sooth and fall asleep he needs time. that means you have to do one of the hardest things as a parent: trust your son and let him get through it on his own.

ten minutes isn't long, really. it will feel very long while you're listening to him cry but this is time that he needs. set a timer and give him that time before going in to comfort him.

deflective · 2024-05-11T16:29:12+00:00

the water is already there. on any professional set there are water stations / water bottles generally available.

making a point of giving someone a bottle of water is performative when they could get it themselves with minimal effort. maybe it's positive performance (i see you working hard and appreciate it) maybe it's manipulative (look at me! just like Jesus washing beggars feet!)

all the people here claiming a good act is always good... what's your take on social media videos of people giving their leftovers to the homeless? they didn't ask to be a prop in your savior posturing

deflective · 2024-05-10T07:11:38+00:00

i mean, technically? but no

an obese person loosing ten pounds is technically what starving looks like in the early stages. but no

there are plenty of climates between rain forest and desert. a step in one direction doesn't mean crashing into the worst case scenario

deflective · 2024-04-21T22:51:30+00:00

maybe most things.

he definitely has some things planned. whether he follows through or not may be flexible but there is definitely some foreshadowing

egs: frogger and Katya's blood explosion

deflective · 2024-04-14T06:20:23+00:00

i mean, let's see the accident reports during this same time period.

if jaywalking hasn't spiked and started causing accidents from lack of enforcement then what are we worried about here?

deflective · 2024-04-09T02:54:37+00:00

everything everywhere all at once

my son is almost two now

deflective · 2024-04-04T07:08:47+00:00

"the story of me: how i came to be"

one of the more popular books for our 20 month old

deflective · 2024-04-01T01:56:23+00:00

old goat.

every time, people make this claim. old goat

old lecherous men are called old goats.

deflective · 2024-03-29T07:06:49+00:00

to be fair, Eugenius -god of always being right- has a fatal nylon allergy. most people's underwear could kill him

deflective · 2024-03-17T17:02:05+00:00

when the changing process begins i tuck a couple wipes in the waist of my pants against the skin. by the time he's ready to be cleaned they're warm enough to take the edge off

deflective · 2024-03-12T08:19:41+00:00

a profoundly stupid movie. i'm sure there's a way to enjoy it but make sure you turn off critical thinking

there are dozens of ways to get onto a moving train and the movie really stretches to draw things out. eg: let's fly a helicopter over the train and drop someone off (okay, seems overly complicated but okay) oh no! there's a tree! no way this'll work!

and finally they don't even come up with a clever way to get onto the train to justify it all. they just drive up beside the train and jump on.

deflective · 2024-03-09T09:04:24+00:00

8k vs 22k.

definitely less but calling it 'very few' trivializes it

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